COMMUNITY TO GATHER FOR CANDLELIGHT SERVICE.VALENCIA - Just one week after Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. residents held a candlelight vigil A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. to honor their own slain deputy, flames will burn and emotions will flow tonight in memory of those who perished in last week's terrorist attack. The vigil begins at 7 p.m. at the Sears parking lot in the Valencia Town Center, 24137 W. Valencia Blvd. After all the candles have been lighted, the group will cross the street and assemble at City Hall. ``I hope this gives people the opportunity to get together and maybe make some contacts so they don't feel so isolated,'' said Patty Miller- Marshall, a Castaic resident who helped organize the tribute. ``I hope this will give people a sense of community because we really are one. We're reaching out to each other for comfort after this tragic loss.'' Miller-Marshall said the event developed accidentally when about 20 local residents were sharing their thoughts and grief on a Web site message board. Their need to grieve together resulted in tonight's event, which will include some brief nondenominational non·de·nom·i·na·tion·al adj. Not restricted to or associated with a religious denomination. Adj. 1. nondenominational - not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church" speeches, a flag presentation by some local Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during and singing. Miller-Marshall said a representative from the governor's office will attend, as well as local city officials. ``We want everyone to come,'' she said. ``Invite your friends and neighbors and bring candles and flags if you have them. We need to be there for each other right now, especially for our children.'' Those wishing to send their thoughts to the families and friends of victims in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., can write messages on two large scrolls of paper set up on tables in front of City Hall, which will be forwarded to the East Coast. The Red Cross will collect donations during the tribute, organizers said. Participants can expect to stand for the hourlong hour·long or hour-long adj. Lasting an hour: an hourlong television episode. Adj. 1. tribute, unless individuals decide to bring their own folding chairs. Miller-Marshall added that people with disabilities and those in wheelchairs are welcome to park in the east lot at City Hall and welcome the procession when it arrives from Sears. ``This is not representing any one group. It's not political or religious,'' she said, noting that she has received calls from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. about attending. ``This is about concerned communities coming together.'' |
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